Not So Fast But It's Furious

It has been like ages ago since I went to the cinema to catch a movie. The last time I watched a movie at the cinema was with my dear in TGV Cinema and if my memory serves me well, we watched Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler. After a tiring day going to Qing Ming, my family decided to watch something that really kicks ass. Off we go to Gurney Plaza's GSC to catch...

Name: The Fast & Furious 4

Language: English

Date of release: 3rd April 2009 (USA)

Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster

The story heads back the streets of Los Angeles where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across L.A. and floor through the Mexican desert. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

What I can say about this movie is that it really picks up the missing pieces between Fast & Furious 2 and 3. The missing link whereby at the end of FF3 in which Dom appears and mentions Han was a brother of his were revealed here on FF4. The movie really catches up to expectation, lots of familiar faces if you still remember them from the past FF movies, although I heard a lot of negative comments by my friends where it lacks of races and fast cars zipping through the big screen. I have to concur with what they say. Comparing to the predecessors where you will see how a tuned car can really speed, this one does not. The reason why this sequel gets the "sitting on the fence" critics is because this movie tries to fill up the gap, the missing pieces here and there as well as trying to tie up a story plot into it.

It may sound confusing from my perspective but every penny that's being put to go to the cinema to watch this movie is a must for every hardcore car fan. For those who are not, you will still enjoy the sequel of this movie, just like reading a Harry Potter book; it's a movie you will definitely wanted to go for if you already watched the previous 3 FF movies. The reason why I say it's not so fast but it's furious is because it's indeed not so fast (where are all the tuned fast cars?) but it's furious (lots of action, keeps you awake throughout the movie). Even my mom who used to sleep at the movies managed to kept her eye lids wide open because of its blistering non stop action. Overall, this movie still packs the oomph, beautiful women, fast cars (lack of races though), the action and of course, the original stars of FF! Oh! For those who doesn't even know what the Fast and Furious sequels are all about, don't bother watching. You will not have a clue what this movie is all about if you don't watch it from the beginning of the FF series.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10